Degradation mechanism and kinetics of thermosensitive polyacrylamides containing lactic acid side chains

D Neradovic, MJ Van Steenbergen…

Index: Macromolecules, , vol. 36, # 20 p. 7491 - 7498

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Abstract

... Macromolecules , 2003, 36 (20), pp 7491 ... To determine the maximum amount of lactic acid which can be formed, hydrolysis was forced to completion by adding an equal volume of 0.1 M NaOH to a polymer solution followed by incubation at 60 °C for 17 h. The resulting ...